VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history ...

Pope Leo will announce reforms to the Roman Curia in the autumn, Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols has ...

This is a time of change for Latino Catholics, currently about 40 percent of the U.S. Church, and who experts say are likely ...

From priest to pope—will his missionary past define him as the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, or will Pope Leo become ...

Places where Robert Francis Prevost may have spent childhood in, around Dolton is mostly now photographs and memories.

Catholic organizations had lobbied Pat Quinn to end the death penalty. The former governor was not previously aware of Prevost’s message to him.

“I’m ticked,” says John Prevost, the retired Midwestern high school principal who is now, abruptly and without warning, ...

The Catholic religious order to which the Rev. Freddy Washington belongs says the allegations against him are ...

Pope Leo XIV is still keeping his cards close to his cassock, but people who have observed him over the years are helping ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global ...

Robert Prevost, a U.S.-born missionary in Peru, is elected Pope Leo XIV—marking the first American pontiff in Catholic Church history.